Karla Sofía Gascón Breaks Down In Unauthorized, Hour-Long CNN Interview: “I Have Been Crucified And Stoned”

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Embattled Emilia Peréz star and Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón appeared in an hour-long, unauthorized CNN en Español interview Sunday morning, in which she broke down in tears and ranted at various points about her resurfaced racist and Islamophobic tweets.

Initially reiterating many of the same points in her Instagram apology posted yesterday, Gascón reiterated that she is “not racist” and offered her “most sincere apologies to all the people who may have felt offended for the way I express myself in my past, in my present and in my future.” She continued later: “I believe I have been judged, I have been convicted and sacrificed and crucified and stoned without a trial and without the option to defend myself.” Deadline has confirmed that Netflix was not involved in setting up the CNN interview and was not aware it was taking place.

In an interview that jumped around topics considerably, with interviewer Juan Carlos Arciniegas often unable to get a word in, Gascón discussed her “marvelous daughter” who she said has taught her “important values” and that she relates to the struggle of Black people. “I feel and very much identify with the people who were thrown off buses for the color of their skin, with the people who did not want them to study at university, for the people who were hated simply for existing, like how I am hated in this moment,” she said.

Gascón occasionally broke down in tears, citing a “relationship with a wonderful woman who is a Muslim who has taught her about respect and to understand perhaps better than in the past.” At another point, Gascón brought up her brother who died when she was 20: “When I was very little, my brother died in an accident on Christmas, and I have always held a resentment